CAN SOFT DRINK TAXES REDUCE POPULATION WEIGHT?

  1. JASON M. FLETCHER1,
  2. DAVID FRISVOLD2,
  3. NATHAN TEFFT3,†

Article first published online: 15 OCT 2009

DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7287.2009.00182.x

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Contemporary Economic Policy

Contemporary Economic Policy

Volume 28, Issue 1, pages 23–35, January 2010

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FLETCHER, J. M., FRISVOLD, D. and TEFFT, N. (2010), CAN SOFT DRINK TAXES REDUCE POPULATION WEIGHT?. Contemporary Economic Policy, 28: 23–35. doi: 10.1111/j.1465-7287.2009.00182.x

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  1. 1

    Fletcher: Assistant Professor, School of Public Health, Division of Health Policy and Administration, Yale University, 60 College Street, New Haven, CT 06510, USA. Phone 203-785-5760, Fax 203-785-6287, E-mail jason.fletcher@yale.edu.

  2. 2

    Frisvold: Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322-2240, USA. Phone 404-727-7833, Fax 404-727-4639, E-mail david.frisvold@emory.edu.

  3. 3

    Tefft: Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Bates College, 4 Andrews Road, Lewiston, ME 04240, USA. Phone 207-786-6069, Fax 207-786-8337, E-mail ntefft@bates.edu

  1. †

    *The authors thank Kitt Carpenter, Tim Classen, Joseph Newhouse, Tara Watson, and participants at the American Society of Health Economists Conference for helpful comments. Financial assistance from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Frisvold) is gratefully acknowledged. The project described was supported by Award Number T32MH018029 from the National Institute of Mental Health (Tefft). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institute of Mental Health or the National Institutes of Health. The authors thank Jennifer Hefner, Alejandra Roa, and John Zimmerman for excellent research assistance.

  1. †

    *The authors thank Kitt Carpenter, Tim Classen, Joseph Newhouse, Tara Watson, and participants at the American Society of Health Economists Conference for helpful comments. Financial assistance from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Frisvold) is gratefully acknowledged. The project described was supported by Award Number T32MH018029 from the National Institute of Mental Health (Tefft). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institute of Mental Health or the National Institutes of Health. The authors thank Jennifer Hefner, Alejandra Roa, and John Zimmerman for excellent research assistance.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 22 JAN 2010
  2. Article first published online: 15 OCT 2009

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